Who should attend QCon AI Boston?

QCon AI Boston is for people responsible for how AI is designed, integrated, evaluated, secured, operated, or adopted inside production software systems. That includes senior software engineers, architects, Staff+ engineers, ML/MLOps engineers, platform and security engineers, engineering managers, and technical leaders.

How is the QCon AI program built?

QCon hand-picks speakers for the first-hand production experience they bring to the engineering questions in the program. Attendees hear the alternatives considered, the trade-offs behind a decision, what happened in production, and what the practitioner would approach differently now.

What will I take back from QCon AI Boston?

You will leave with production examples from other engineering teams: how they approached comparable decisions, which constraints shaped their choices, what changed after launch, and where they would take a different direction next time. Those examples give you more reference points for the decisions in your own systems.

Why attend in person?

You can ask speakers why they chose one approach over another, hear different solutions to comparable constraints, and continue the technical discussion with engineers from other companies.

Are team discounts available?

Through February 9, 2027, groups of 10 or more receive $100 off each in-person ticket. From February 10, group discounts are available for groups of three or more, ranging from $50 to $125 off per ticket depending on group size. The group registration deadline is June 18, 2027.

When will speakers be announced?

The 2027 program is currently being developed. Speakers and sessions will be added as they are confirmed.

QCon AI Boston 2027 · July 8-9 · Boston

Two days on the problems that appear once AI is in production.

Q: What is QCon AI Boston 2027?

QCon AI Boston is a two-day production AI conference for senior software engineers, architects, Staff+ engineers, ML/MLOps engineers, platform and security engineers, and engineering leaders. It takes place July 8-9, 2027 at Boston University, George Sherman Union in Boston, MA.

Q: What will the 2027 program cover?

The program is currently being developed around agent runtime design, context engineering, evals and observability, MCP and tool access, zero-trust agent security, and inference cost and latency. Speakers and sessions will be added as they are confirmed.

Q: Is QCon AI Boston an introductory AI conference?

The program focuses on engineering decisions around running AI in production, including architecture, reliability, security, evaluation, infrastructure, and cost.

Q: When and where is QCon AI Boston 2027?

July 8-9, 2027, at Boston University, George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

Agents that run for hours, company context that goes stale, evals you can act on, tool access that needs limits, and rising inference costs. The senior engineers running these systems show you how they're handling them.

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Why attend

How QCon AI Boston is different

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Find out what works in production

Senior engineers and architects share what works on systems they run and what they'd do differently, so you can test your own plans against it.

How other teams solved it

A look at how teams outside your own company are solving the same problems, such as agent state and tool permissions.

Problem-solve with peers and speakers

Hundreds of senior engineers attend, with one speaker for every eleven. There's time to work problems through with peers and ask speakers questions 1:1.

Hand-picked, vendor-neutral talks

The Program Committee invites only senior practitioners leading the way or doing something new. Sponsors do not control the program. No hidden product pitches.

Program

What the 2027 program covers

Built around the challenges of running AI in production.

01 Agent runtime design

State, recovery, and approvals for agents that run for minutes, hours, or days.

02 Context engineering

Keeping company context useful without flooding the prompt.

03 Evals and observability

Seeing what the system did, and deciding whether a change ships.

04 MCP and tool access

How much access an agent gets to internal systems, and who approves it.

05 Zero-trust agent security

Identity, least privilege, and kill switches for agents that take action.

06 Inference cost and latency

Which requests need the most capable model, and what each choice costs.

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Speakers

Past QCon AI speakers

The 2027 speakers are announced as they are confirmed.

Cassandra Shum

Vice President of Field Engineering @RelationalAI

Fabiane Nardon

Data Expert, Java Champion & Data Platform Director @totvs, 20+ Years Architecting Large-Scale Data Systems

Ian Thomas

Software Engineer @Meta

Meryem Arik

Co-Founder and CEO @Doubleword, Previously @TitanML

Shuman Ghosemajumder

Co-Founder & CEO @Reken, Co-Founder & Chairman @TeachAids

our attendees

Production AI takes a team.

Senior engineers, architects and engineering leaders making decisions on production AI.

76%

Are senior developers or higher, architects, leads and engineering management

46%

Eng. managers, senior management & architects
30%

Senior developers & engineers
24%

Developers

1:11

Speaker : Attendees

One speaker for every eleven attendees, so the people running these systems are easy to reach between talks.

Where each role fits in the program

Software architects

Where an LLM's judgment belongs and where deterministic code takes over
Staff+ engineers

Recovery paths and degraded behavior for agents that run for hours
ML and MLOps engineers

Evals, model routing and monitoring in production
Platform engineers

Shared model and tool access, eval infrastructure and cost controls
Security engineers

Identity, least privilege and kill switches for tool-using agents
Engineering leaders

Ownership and shared standards for AI across teams

Groups of 10 or more get $100 off each ticket until February 9, 2027. Email info@boston.qcon.ai with your team size to get your discount code.

Past QCon attendees included senior engineers from organizations including Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, eBay, Uber, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and NASA.

venue

Venue and hotel

Find venue directions and hotel information for QCon AI Boston, July 8-9, 2027, at the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue.

Venue and hotel details

QCon AI Boston is not affiliated with Boston University. The use of Boston University facilities does not constitute or imply endorsement or support by Boston University.

Courtyard entrance of Boston University’s George Sherman Union

Terrace Lounge set up with rows of chairs facing a screen

Ziskind Lounge with open seating under a mezzanine

Why senior engineers trust QCon

What past QCon attendees say

QCon is a conference by engineers for engineers. I didn't feel like I was being sold something as part of the presentations, but rather like I was learning from what is actually happening in other companies.

Christopher Prigg, Senior Engineer @Tesco PLC

QCon provides an opportunity to obtain new ideas and approaches to developing software. I have and would continue recommending QCon to anyone interested in keeping up with the latest trends by learning from those who are defining those trends.

Jeff Hollar, Architect @Cisco

QCon is a great place for industry leaders to share what they've learned, techniques they've discovered, and pitfalls to avoid without an overarching sponsor presence.

Michael Villalobos, Engineering Manager @FairFinancial

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Your questions on the program, pricing, and venue

Do you offer group or team discounts?

Yes. Until February 9, 2027, groups of 10 or more get $100 off each ticket. From February 10, groups of three or more get $50 to $125 off each ticket, and QCon alumni get $100 off. Rates are on the pricing page.

Who is behind QCon AI?

C4Media, the team behind InfoQ and QCon. QCon has helped senior software teams adopt new technologies and practices for more than 20 years, and QCon AI applies the same approach, led by senior practitioners, to production AI.

What is QCon AI Boston 2027?

QCon AI Boston 2027 is a two-day AI engineering conference on running AI in production, with talks from the senior engineers who build and operate the systems they describe. It runs July 8-9, 2027, at the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

Who is QCon AI Boston for?

QCon AI Boston is for senior software engineers, architects, Staff+ engineers, ML and MLOps engineers, platform engineers, security engineers, and engineering leaders making decisions on production AI.

What will the QCon AI Boston 2027 program cover?

The 2027 program is being built around six areas: agent runtime design, context engineering, evals and observability, MCP and tool access, zero-trust agent security, and inference cost and latency. Speakers and sessions are added as they are confirmed.

How is the program put together?

QCon AI Boston speakers are invited by a Program Committee of working senior engineers, who look for people running the system in production. Sponsors do not control the program, so the talks are vendor-neutral, and sponsored talks are kept separate from it.

Is QCon AI Boston an introductory AI conference?

No. QCon AI Boston covers engineering decisions on AI already in production, including architecture, reliability, security, evaluation, infrastructure, and cost.

How much does QCon AI Boston 2027 cost?

A ticket costs $995 until November 10, 2026. The price then rises at set dates, to $1,095 until January 12, 2027, $1,195 until February 9, $1,295 until March 9, $1,395 until April 13, $1,495 until May 11, $1,595 until June 15, and $1,695 from June 16.

When and where is QCon AI Boston 2027?

QCon AI Boston 2027 runs July 8-9, 2027, at the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Boston University Central on the Green Line B branch is a 3-minute walk. Directions are on the venue page.

When will QCon AI Boston 2027 speakers be announced?

Speakers and sessions are added to the site as they are confirmed. Sign up for updates on this page to hear when they are announced.

What does the ticket include?

A QCon AI Boston 2027 ticket includes two days of sessions and keynotes, social events and receptions, continental breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks, the exhibitor area, and on-demand access to most presentation recordings and slides for 12 months after the conference.

How do I pay?

By card or PayPal. Invoice payment is available until June 11, 2027, and the price depends on the date you pay. Wire transfer is available on request if payment arrives by June 18, 2027. Email payments@boston.qcon.ai with payment questions.

Can I transfer or refund my ticket if plans change?

Registration fees are non-refundable. You can transfer your ticket to a colleague for free until July 5, 2027. Email info@boston.qcon.ai with the new attendee's first and last name, preferred pronouns, email address and job title.

Where should I stay?

QCon AI Boston has discounted group rates at hotels near the venue through its official hotel portal. Find a hotel near the George Sherman Union.